Upcoming events on this week and more!

WHAT’S GOING ON THIS WEEK? 

On 5 August 2020, the webinar Impact of Pandemic on IP Law Firms in Latin America will be streamed on YouTube. The event is organized by the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI) and the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). The speakers are Carlos Olarte (Colombia), Enrique Díaz (Mexico), José Maria Vicetto Júnior (Argentina) and Marcelo Correa (Chile). Andréa Possinhas and Rosane Tavares will moderate the session. 

The Intellectual Property Center of the Austral University is offering a postgraduate Diploma on Intellectual Property (in Spanish). The course starts on 5 August 2020 and is composed of four modules, representing 120 training hours per year. The program covers inter alia, trademarks, patents, copyright, and related rights. 

The Seminar on Video games, Sports and Intellectual Property (in Portuguese) will take place on 5 and 6 August 2020. The event is organized by OAB São Paulo (the Order of Attorneys of Brazil). The program includes licensing and piracy. Some speakers are Nancy Caigawa, Fernanda Magalhães, Daniel Pitanga, and Rafael Lacaz. 

On 5 and 7 August 2020, LES Brazil (a member of the Licensing Executives Society International) will hold the webinar Licensing for Success in Changing Global Market - LESI AMERICAS. The program will cover circular economy and a mock panel in licensing. Some speakers are Fabiana Quiroga, Patricia Gestic, Maria Beatriz Dellore, Claudio Barbosa, and Robert Held. 

On 6 August 2020, the following webinars are scheduled: 

• The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for companies, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Peruvian National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI). Some speakers: Rolando M. Hernández Vigaud (WIPO), Manuel Castro (INDECOPI), Silvia Solís, and Ismael Igartua. The program is available here. 
• Regional IP Dialogue Virtual Series - LATAM, organized by the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). Speakers: Dominic Keating, Cynthia Henderson, Maria Beatriz Dellore, and Silvia Solis. 
• Resolving Intellectual Property Disputes in Alternative Dispute Resolution Environments, organized by the International Chamber of Commerce of Mexico (ICC Mexico). Speakers: Natalia Gulyaeva, Rodrigo Azevedo and Anjanette Raymond. 
• Drones. Practical and legal perspectives of uncrewed aerial vehicles (in Spanish), organized by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI). Speakers: Rodrigo Soto Morales, Pablo A. Palazzi and Francisco Vico Gutiérrez. 
• Intellectual Property and Hackathons: Trademark Registration (in Portuguese), organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Opening speakers: Tatiana Campello (ABPI), José Graça Aranha (WIPO) and Paulo Varella Lisboa (NEXT, ICICT). Panellists: Maria Luiza Mondelli (second group, general category), Renata Frota (third group, general category), and Gabriela Toledo. Moderator: Patrícia Coimbra. 

On 7 August 2020, the webinar Analysis of the amendments to the Mexican Copyright Law. Notice and Takedown: Internet Censorship? (in Spanish) will take place. The Specialized Centre for Intellectual Property (CECPI) organizes the event. The speaker is Professor Eduardo de la Parra Trujillo. 

WIPO | IMPI: NATIONAL PATENT DRAFTING WORKSHOP 

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) will hold the National Patent Drafting Workshop from 17 to 21 August 2020. 

The online workshop is addressed to researchers and academics of universities, technology transfer and research centres. The course aims to foster innovation by improving the skills of patent applicants. 

The free workshop is limited to 80 participants. Submit your application here. Likewise, the universities or centres must send an email to impi.eventos5@impi.gob.mx to endorse the submissions. More information here. 

PAST EVENTS 

Did you miss some events held the last week? The following are still available on-demand: 

• 28 July. Master class: Legal Aspects of Platform Applications (in Spanish), organized by the Intellectual Property Center of the Austral University. Speaker: Darío Veltani. 
• 29 July. Webinar: The Importance of the Role of the Industrial Property Agent in Brazil (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI Brazil) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Speakers: Alvaro Loureiro Oliveira (ABAPI), Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta (ABPI), Claudio Vilar Furtado (INPI Brazil), and José Graça Aranha (WIPO). Moderator: Paulo Afonso Pereira. 
• 30 July. Webinar: Life Stories: Biopics and Image Rights (in Spanish), organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Speakers: Diana Muller (USA), Gustavo Rodríguez (Peru), and Santiago Mediano (Spain). Moderator: Francisco Pérez Gangotena (Ecuador). 
• 30 July. Webinar: The Fight against Piracy and the Law Proposals on Intellectual Property (in Portuguese), organized by the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Speaker: Mariana Carvalho (Federal Deputy). Moderator: Gabriel Leonardos (ABPI). 

If you have a craving for more, review the full list of events here! 

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